Gliwice Travel Recommendations for 2024 (Updated in May)
Gliwice Travel Recommendations for 2024 (Updated in May)
Willa Caro Museum in Gliwice
An example of a well-preserved residence built in the 19th century in the style of the Renaissance villa architecture of that time. Previously, the villa belonged to the Gliwice industrialist Oskar Karo, and in 1934 it was transferred by the city to the permanent premises of the museum. Built in 1882-1885, the two-story residence (the third floor was completed in the 1920s) has a large eclectic garden. Currently, the villa and the garden are surrounded by a faithfully restored stone and metal fence. Inside the villa, interior elements are well preserved: beautifully decorated ceilings, boiserie, parquet, door and window joinery.
The building is used as the premises of the Museum in the city of Gliwice. Currently, the villa hosts a permanent exhibition of the interiors of the living quarters of the Upper Silesian industrialists of the 19th century. It also hosts numerous temporary exhibitions, concerts, meetings, conferences and exhibition-related workshops.
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Zamek Piastowski / Piast Schloss Travel Recommendations for 2024 (Updated in May)
Piast Castle in Gliwice
Currently, after a thorough revitalization in 2008, the exhibition halls of the Piast Castle present collections from the following departments: archaeological, historical and ethnographic. The archaeological exhibition is mainly the result of excavations carried out in the cemetery of the Lusatian culture in Świbie, in the Old Town in Gliwice, in the castle in Toszek and in the settlement in Pławniowice.
Currently, there is a temporary exhibition presenting artefacts obtained as a result of archaeological excavations in the Gliwice poviat. The historical exhibition is also very diverse. We can see memorabilia of the Gliwice guilds, items related to the Silesian Uprisings, the plebiscite or the activities of the Union of Poles in Germany, as well as a rich collection of photographs. Curiosity is aroused by the collection of militaria from the countries of ... the Far East.
In the ethnographic part, we will find ourselves in a Silesian kitchen and a room - with the decor of these rooms typical of this region, characteristic of rural and urban houses of the first half of the 20th century. The exhibition is complemented by unique, archival photographs from the Museum's collection, which are an extraordinary document of people's lives, customs, as well as huge changes taking place in Upper Silesia from the end of the 19th to the mid-20th century.
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Kolejkowo - Wonderful world in miniature! Travel Recommendations for 2024 (Updated in May)
Kolejkowo in Gliwice
Kolejkowo is a real miniaturized world. Moving trains, trams and cars are the background for the real life on the mock-ups. Kolejkowo is the largest exhibition of railway models in Poland and the only model in the world with the rain falling and a floating ship. The only and unique place that will delight not only railway enthusiasts.
The miniature inhabitants spend every day actively - they go to work, meet in the park, do shopping, and in the evenings they indulge in nightlife. The falling dusk, street lamps and lights in apartments show the true face of the city's inhabitants. And not always on the polite side.
The mock-ups are full of humor, but also realism. All details are faithfully rendered. We have reproduced the famous places of Lower Silesia with intricate detail, thanks to which Kolejkowo is a real world in miniature. You will easily recognize many famous buildings here.
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